O: I believe that the nose & flavors of this one were hampered a bit by the nitro, but its still delicious. A mocha stout for sure, coffee and chocolate in perfect balance without one dominating the other. Just enough sweetness to cut the espresso. Really good stuff.

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Being a coffee AND beer advocate, I'm always on the lookout for beers that bring the two together in a quality way, and the fellas at Sockeye have accomplished this in a big way.

Had this awesome stout on tap at the Sockeye Grill and Brewery in Boise, ID. It's infused with a large quantity of locally roasted espresso beens, so the coffee flavor is immense. One of the bigger problems I have with most coffee beers is the overly sweet character and this one was certainly not in that vein.

I was amazed by how great the mouthfeel was on this one. It almost tasted like it was on nitro-tap, and was as creamy and smooth as beers like Guinness, which if nothing else I've felt is the standard bearer for velvetty nitro stouts. I suppose it might have been on nitro... didn't think to ask.

The beer has gobs of chocolate, coffee, and roasty flavor, with a decent amount of hop bitterness to balance it out. Would go really really well with a nice coffee or chocolate based dessert, or a cigar, as well as things like roast beef and a nice cheddar.

Drinkability, since the beer is fairly heavy, isn't the greatest, but that doesn't detract from the overall experience very much.

If you're in the area, definitely check it out. They don't have a bottler right now but you can pick up a growler of this to take with you.

Wow, did this have a thick, milkshake-like deep-tan/light-brown head when it was presented to me! The nose was rich and chocolaty with a light underlying roastiness. The color was a deep, dark brown with very little light penetration. The mouthfeel was almost creamy, despite having come out of a standard CO2 tap. I got a prevalently coffee flavor in the mouth, but the finish was like bittersweet chocolate. Mmmm, good.